SEPTA Boss Urging Pa. Lawmakers To Try Again On Transit Funding Deal

SEPTA previously said that without adequate funding, its Media-Elwyn line would be eliminated by 2015. (Credit: Jim Melwert)

By Mike DeNardo

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — SEPTA leaders haven’t given up hope the state House will pass a transportation funding bill this session.

SEPTA general manager Joe Casey today said he’s disappointed the transportation bill failed last night (see related story), and he says without that money you’ll see a slow dismantling of the SEPTA system:

“It’s not immediately, but it’s a gradual reduction of service and dismantling the rail system as we know it — regional rails, trolley lines — it’s all the critical infrastructure, and that’s what we need the money for.”